i cant wrap my head around it

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    6 days ago

    You’d just be average

    In my experience Autistic people are either pretty successful or in a very bad place

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        6 days ago

        I’ve always imagined neurotypicals to have more of their senses working together in harmony. Less prone to brain overloading or de-syncing, you know?

        Always envious to see people I know interacting with others so casually. “You mean you don’t have to rehearse a script before talking to others?? You just go in raw??? No intense anxiety or anything??? That’s bonkers…” That kind of thing. Lol

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    8 days ago

    Probably more quiet. Autism is (as I see it and in my own experience) about overstimulation. Not being autistic would probably feel like things weren’t as “loud” or attention grabby.

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      7 days ago

      Less perpetual anxiety and I imagine a slower racing brain. Sometimes I feel like I’m playing life on an emulator with fast forward constantly on. Also existing outside your brain without this layer of abstraction. I feel so aware of constituent parts of reality and seeing things as a whole.

      Less deeply effected by injustice or a lack of logic. Fewer instances of upsetting people by naturally adhering to more socially accepted ways of presenting thoughts and communicating.

      Easier, less exhausting. Though I know neurotypicals have their own struggles.

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      6 days ago

      I’ve noticed that most people don’t hear the things I do

      I’ll make a comment about something I hear in the background and they will get confused. Did they not overhear that conversation or noise?

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        6 days ago

        I think non-autistic people can just… Not listen to things. Like there’s a noise and they’re like “nah, I’m good” and filter it out.

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    8 days ago

    basically normal life for me, without the stress and pressure of 24/7 masking.

    sometimes I wonder who tf am I because I think all my personality was crafted by masking.

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        6 days ago

        already had a few existential crisis wondering if I’m a p-zombie.

        just a human without consciousness or qualia.

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    8 days ago

    As someone who is neurotypical a lot of the things I see brought up in mental illness communities are also commonly experienced by us. The difference being it doesnt feel world ending since we have decent coping mechanisms built in.

    So to answet your question life would probably be less highs and less lows and more emotional stability. Probably easier in general.

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    8 days ago

    Probably not that different. Were comparing what it feels to be us from the inside to what others seem like from the outside. It’s just different kind of issues they’re dealing with.